Material marker and folder



A. C. WlTTr MATERIAL MARKER AND FOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. 1921.

l q-38,568, Patented De0.12,1922.

I Faffl f2? wmm aw AMANDA G, 'SDITT,

Patented Dec. 12, 19220 rainsto- AMANDA C. WIT'1,0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIIDIRNIA.

MATERIAL Mar nas. Ann rornnn.

Application filed June 8, 1921. Serial No. 476,149.

Material illiarkers and Folders; and I. do

hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, concise, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates particularly to an improved material marker and folder.

An object of this invention is to provide an instrument that may be used to mark fabrics and with means thereon for turning an edge of a fabric over into a hem automatically, so that it may be sewed or other wise secured. A further object of the invention is to provide a device having a graduated scale thereon for the purpose of marking material at any desirable point. A still further object is to provide a device of. the character described that will be superior in point of simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction, positiveness of operation, facility and convenience in use and general eficiency. Other objects and advantages will appear as this description progresses.

In this specification and the annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated in the form considered to be the best, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to such form, because it may be embodied in other forms, and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims following the description, it is desired to cover the invention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.

In the accompanying one-sheet of drawin s,

igure 1 represents a plan view of a com bined material marker and hem guide constructed in accordance with my invention Figure 2 represents a side elevation of Fi 'ure 1.

Figure 3 represents an end section through Figure 1 on the line 3-3.

In detail the construction illustrated in the drawings, comprises a material marker, generally designated by the numeral 1 and consisting of an elongated sheet of metal or other desirable material bended intermediate its ends, as at 2, to provide a pair of companion members 3 and 4. The garment marker or gauge member as formed is substantially ill-shaped in cross-section and each of the duplicate members 3 and :i: are of any length desirable. An end of the arm. 8, as shown in the drawing prmtided with an opening therein through r-ihich a piece of ch a-llr, limestene, soap or other marking mate rial 5 is adapted to be passed so that a marking end thereof will lie approximately in con tact with the inner face ofthe lower arm 4'. Although I have shown the marking mate rial 5 secured in an opening provided .in an end ofthe arm 8, I donot wish to limit myself to this particular construction as it will be clearly within the purview of this invention to either modify the shape of or provide an auxiliary means for holding said marking material. Along one of its edges-the upper face of the gauge arm 3 is provided with graduations 6, of any desirable measurement standard, so thatit is possible for an operator to mark material a predetermined dis tanceaway from the margin thereof, (without an auxiliary scale) by merely aligning the said margin with the desired graduation. i

A hem attachment or hem turner is adapt-- ed to be slidably mounted on the arm 3 of the garment marker, and may be moved thereon to any desirable point. The hem attachment comprises an elongated sheet of material 7 preferably the me that of the garment marker and has an end 8 thereof passed around the arm 3 as to substantially encircle the same and maintain said hem attachment slidable relative to the member 3. The opposite end (of the hem attachment) is bent under, in an opposite direction to the end 8, at right angles to the main body of material 7 and has the tip 10 thereof ending in a spiral terminus, contiguous to the side edge of the main body 7. Thus the edge of material being worked upon, may at the commencement of a sewing operation, be foldedover the spirally coiled tip 10, forming a hem that may be sewed or otherwise secured, so that the subsequent hem folding will be done automatically.

The upper face of the end 8 of the hem attachment, is provided with a depression therein formingan emeossnient 11 on its opposite face which adapted to register with companion stamped depressions 12 in the upper face of the 811113 of the material marker. It is thus possible to slide the hem attachment along the garment marker so that the inherent sp-ringiness therein will be suiiicient to hold it in a semipermanent position by engagement of: the embossment and depres sions aforementioned. T he frictional engagement between the respective parts is such that one may be moved relative to the other Without very great efiort on the part of the operator. The arrangement of the combined material marker and hem attachment also makesit possible to hem an edge of ma terial from any desirable point marked on the said material, so that the hem will be uniform and equidistant from the given point.

Having thus describeu my invention, What i I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: r

1. A device such described comprising, in combination, a U-shaped gaugemember, having a piece of marking material removably mounted in an end of one oi its arms and raduations alon the edpe of said one arm; a hemming attachment slidably mounted on sald arm and means for maintalning said gauge member and hemmingattach- AMANDA C. WITT.

able as regards each In presence of- Linconn V. Jo nson, 

